URBS 350 Chapter 1 Test Prep Exam
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In 1800, about 3% of the world's population lived in cities. Today, that
proportion is: - ✔✔about 54%
An urban agglomeration of more than 10 million people - ✔✔megacity
an urban agglomeration with more than 20 million people - ✔✔metacity
In which of the following regions would less than three-quarters of the
population live in urban areas? - ✔✔Southeast Asia
The world's first cities appeared where? - ✔✔Mesopotamia
Textile manufacturing would be illustrative of which sector of a city's
economy? - ✔✔secondary sector
Which of the following associations is not correct?
a) concentric zone model - pie cut into many pieces
b) multiple nuclei model - poly-nucleated land uses
c) sector model - filtering process
d) inverse concentric zone model - preindustrial cities - ✔✔a) concentric
zone model - pie cut into many pieces
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, Reason: pie cut into many pieces is for the sector model
Which of the following concepts is not paired with the appropriate example?
a) conurbation - the Rhine-Ruhr area of Germany
b) megacity - Jerusalem
c) megapolis - Boston to Washington (Bos-Wash Area)
d) primate city - Moscow - ✔✔b) megacity - Jerusalem
Reason: Jerusalem has less than 10 million inhabitants
In _____________ for the first time 50% of the world population lived in
urban areas. - ✔✔2007
According to the class lecture regarding "Third World Countries", all of the
following is used as criteria to classify the world into developed, developing,
and underdeveloped EXCEPT...
a) GDP per capita
b) number of physicians
c) health spending per capita
d) number of megacities in the country - ✔✔d) number of megacities in the
country
Which of the following are the characteristics of shanty towns?
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Questions and Answers 100% Solved
In 1800, about 3% of the world's population lived in cities. Today, that
proportion is: - ✔✔about 54%
An urban agglomeration of more than 10 million people - ✔✔megacity
an urban agglomeration with more than 20 million people - ✔✔metacity
In which of the following regions would less than three-quarters of the
population live in urban areas? - ✔✔Southeast Asia
The world's first cities appeared where? - ✔✔Mesopotamia
Textile manufacturing would be illustrative of which sector of a city's
economy? - ✔✔secondary sector
Which of the following associations is not correct?
a) concentric zone model - pie cut into many pieces
b) multiple nuclei model - poly-nucleated land uses
c) sector model - filtering process
d) inverse concentric zone model - preindustrial cities - ✔✔a) concentric
zone model - pie cut into many pieces
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©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
, Reason: pie cut into many pieces is for the sector model
Which of the following concepts is not paired with the appropriate example?
a) conurbation - the Rhine-Ruhr area of Germany
b) megacity - Jerusalem
c) megapolis - Boston to Washington (Bos-Wash Area)
d) primate city - Moscow - ✔✔b) megacity - Jerusalem
Reason: Jerusalem has less than 10 million inhabitants
In _____________ for the first time 50% of the world population lived in
urban areas. - ✔✔2007
According to the class lecture regarding "Third World Countries", all of the
following is used as criteria to classify the world into developed, developing,
and underdeveloped EXCEPT...
a) GDP per capita
b) number of physicians
c) health spending per capita
d) number of megacities in the country - ✔✔d) number of megacities in the
country
Which of the following are the characteristics of shanty towns?
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